brm_584003 - GALERIUS Follis ou nummus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 308-310
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 6,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Luc Corso
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Galère auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Galerius Maximianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Galère Maximien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO IMP-ERATORIS/ K|E/P// ALE.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout de face, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Imperatoris”, (Au Génie de l'empereur).
Historical background
GALERIUS
(1/03/293-5/05/311)
Augustus
Galley was of humble origin. Chosen as Caesar on March 1 or May 1, 293, he was subordinate to Diocletian to help him govern the East. Galerius suffered a crushing defeat in 296 against the Sassanids but the following year he defeated Narses. According to Lactantius, he was at the origin of the persecution of Christians in 302-303. During Diocletian's illness, he pushes the latter to abdicate. Diocletian and Maximian leave power on May 1, 305 to Galerius and Constance who become august. The last six years of his life, he will helplessly witness the disintegration of the political regime created by Diocletian: the Tetrarchy. He died on May 5, 311 after having interrupted, five days before, the persecution against Christians.
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